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damn she’s so right

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“Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S.D. ― Dominique Amiotte, 17, always makes sure to keep a few extra tampons in her locker. It’s not much, but it’s enough to encourage at least some of her struggling friends to come to school when they have their periods.

About half of Amiotte’s girlfriends can’t afford tampons or sanitary pads. As a result, when they menstruate, they’ll skip school for as long as a week. This can lead them to fall behind in class, contributing to the already abysmal graduation rates on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. There are no official records on how many of the young women at the reservation’s 13 schools have felt the consequences of this issue, but individuals we spoke to say it’s an inescapable part of everyday life.

“It makes me angry,” Amiotte told HuffPost unflinchingly while seated in an empty classroom at the Crazy Horse School, where there are 70 girls enrolled in middle or high school classes.”

Read the full piece here

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On December 26th, 1862. 38 Dakhota warriors were hung in Mankato, Minnesota. They were wrongfully convicted of war crimes while trying to protect their homelands during the US-Dakota war. Shortly after freeing the slaves, Abraham Lincoln signed off to execute these 38 Dakhota men. Over 4,000 Americans showed up to watch the public hanging. To this day, this is the largest mass execution in United States history.

Remember the Genocide of this countries Indigenous Peoples everyday, remember that YOU ARE ON STOLEN LAND. And my people died trying to protect it.

Picture by Travis Blackbird

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Please teach your kids the truth. The government has a funny way of forgetting about our history.

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Slayyyy ✨✨✨

Juliana Brown Eyes- Lakota & Tongan Artist, Filmmaker, photographer & musician http://instagram.com/julianabrowneyesofficial

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The native blood in you can never go away.

About ethnicity

We all know about the whole “I’m 43% German and 15% korean and 2% -insert native American nation-  bla bla bla” thing with Americans, so I just wanted to say something about that.

My gran is Navajo, I am NOT

I am Mexican.

Even though A little less than 1/8th of my blood is Navajo, I am not Navajo. I am Mexican.

I don’t know the Navajo language, culture or struggles.

I was raised Mexican. It is a much bigger part of my blood line and I lived with its culture and language. It’s culture is what shaped me.

That last person in my family to learn the Navajo culture is my gran, while I have been cut off from that part of my ancestry.

The way people treat me for my ethnicity is because I am Mexican. Not because I have a small drop of Navajo in me.

I am allowed to be curious of the Navajo culture and try to reconnect with my lost ancestry, but I cannot speak on behalf of the Navajo people or any other native Americans. Because I am not native American. I was not raised native American. I was raised Mexican.

I do not know the struggles of the Navajo people therefore I may not speak for them. I can support, but it is not my place to speak.

It doesn’t matter what is in your blood. What matters is how you were raised. Remember that.

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Native American Musicians That You Didn’t Know you Needed in your Music Playlist

Powwow Dubstep: 

By the music group A Tribe Called Red

Native American Hip Hop:

By the artist Supaman

By the artist Frank Waln:

Rock:

By the band The Plateros:

If you know of any others please add them!!

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26th Annual Powwow at ECU!

Join East Carolina Native American University as they host the 26th Annual Powwow at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and is on March 17th, 2018. It is in Minges Coliseum from 12pm-6pm, Admission is free and open to the public. Mark your calendars and I look forward to seeing you all!

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In what world did cultural appropriation seem like a good marketing strategy, McDonalds? This ad is from 2017. 

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We Shall Remain - Canon Rebel T6

www.instagram.com/benxnorberto/

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IG: notyourpocahontas #NotYourCostume

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This is a true representation of what many Native Americans go through everyday.

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#NOTYOURMASCOT #changethename

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I have been loving her this season!!

The Voice 2017 Brooke Simpson - Semifinals: “Faithfully”

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26th Annual Powwow at ECU!

Join East Carolina Native American University as they host the 26th Annual Powwow at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and is on March 17th, 2018. It is in Minges Coliseum from 12pm-6pm, Admission is free and open to the public. Mark your calendars and I look forward to seeing you all!

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My family went to the Hopi Dance in Moenkopi this past weekend. I am so upset that I'm in North Carolina and couldn't go. I heard it was beautiful and full of great music. ✨✨💕

Hopi girls, 1900, Arizona.